SC forms 12-member national task force for Covid response

The Supreme Court has constituted a 12-member National Task Force of top medical experts to formulate a methodology for allocation of oxygen to states and union territories for saving lives of......

'Lives at risk': Delhi hospitals raise alarm amid oxygen shortage

Battling an acute shortage of oxygen, some hospitals in Delhi on Sunday sent out desperate SOS calls to authorities to replenish their dwindling stocks, with one healthcare facility even requesting......

Where is the manpower to handle ventilators?

The second wave of the pandemic has not only crippled medical infrastructure in terms of hospital beds, but has also led to bottlenecks in invasive ventilators and medical oxygen capacities and......

20 patients die at Delhi hospital as oxygen crisis deepens

Twenty people died at Delhi's Jaipur Golden Hospital, their lives ebbing as the hospital waited for oxygen to be replenished on Saturday, day five of a crisis stemming from an acute shortage of......

With Covid-19 claims of Rs 300cr, insurance cos get a rate card

Insurance experts said since it may be difficult to set a tariff or fixed rates for Covid-19 treatment, an indicative rate chart has been proposed. IMAGE: Medical workers wearing personal......

2 Covid-19 insurance schemes to be launched on July 10

All costs relating to room, boarding, nursing expenses, medical consultation including telemedicine, consumables such as PPE kits and intensive care unit will be covered under the policy. It will......

Mediclaim: Cashless row to be resolved in 10 days

Private hospitals will resolve their dispute with state-owned insurance firms and restore cashless treatment under Mediclaim policies within 10 days, Naresh Trehan, heart surgeon and member of a......

Rishabh Pant's condition improves; shifted from ICU to private ward

IMAGE: Rishabh Pant is undergoing treatment at the Max Hospital in Dehradun after suffering multiple injuries in a car crash on Friday. Photograph: PTI Rishabh Pant has been shifted from the ICU......